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Tool Carrier

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About this technology

Overview

Tool organizer accommodates a selection of hand tools on a waist or thigh belt or alternately on wall, work bench, or car trunk mountings. Tool caddy is widely used by industrial maintenance personnel, TV technicians, mechanics, artists, draftsmen, hobbyists and homeowners. Its innovative feature is rows of flexible vinyl fingers" like the bristles of a hairbrush which mesh together to hold the tool securely in place yet allow easy insertion or withdrawal. *Product is no longer commercially available."